How To Install pygtail on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygtail on Kali Linux.

What is pygtail

pygtail is:

pygtail is a tool for reading log files, and is capable of handling log files which are rotated.

This has similar functionality to the logtail2 tool (which can be found in the logtail package).

This package contains the command line tool, pygtail. See the python3-pygtail package for the library that this tool uses.

There are three methods to install pygtail on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pygtail Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pygtail using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pygtail

Install pygtail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pygtail using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pygtail

Install pygtail Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pygtail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pygtail

How To Uninstall pygtail on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pygtail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pygtail

Uninstall pygtail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pygtail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pygtail

Remove pygtail Configurations and Data

To remove pygtail configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pygtail

Remove pygtail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pygtail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pygtail

Dependencies

pygtail have the following dependencies:

• python3
• python3-pygtail

References

• pygtail website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pygtail package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.